Feowyn MacKinnon

Drive high-impact initiatives that support entrepreneurship, workforce development, and equitable economic advancement. Lead organization-wide efforts in AI strategy, talent development, and strategic partnerships. Responsible for developing internal processes that improve efficiency and scalability, while fostering community collaboration to ensure JumpStart’s work remains responsive, inclusive, and aligned with regional needs.

Director, Learning Center Curriculum & Education • Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter. • Network within communities to find and attract new business. • Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of workers in branches, offices, or departments of establishments, such as branch banks, brokerage firms, risk and insurance departments, or credit departments. • Prepare financial or regulatory reports required by laws, regulations, or boards of directors. • Recruit staff members and oversee training programs. • Evaluate data pertaining to costs to plan budgets. • Confer with board members, organization officials, or staff members to discuss issues, coordinate activities, or resolve problems. • Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs, abilities, and interests. • Conduct classes, workshops, and demonstrations to teach principles, techniques, or methods in subjects such as basic English language skills, life skills, and workforce entry skills. • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students. • Review instructional content, methods, and student evaluations to assess strengths and weaknesses, and to develop recommendations for course revision, development, or elimination. • Write grants to obtain program funding. • Train and assist tutors and community literacy volunteers. • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues. • Recruit, hire, train, and terminate departmental personnel. • Formulate strategic plans for the institution. • Plan, administer, and control budgets, maintain financial records, and produce financial reports. • Develop curricula, and recommend curricula revisions and additions.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive STEM curriculum and train teachers, site leaders, and site-based lead STEM practitioners in areas of STEM curriculum, program design, and related activities. Communicate with staff to identify STEM training needs and gather feedback and address areas in need of improvement. • Encourage staff to participate in a program of scholarly research and publication appropriate for STEM education through partnerships with Cleveland State University and seek external funding for research activities when necessary. • Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques, and to determine areas where improvement is needed. • Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives. • Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff. • Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and utilization, and to ensure that school activities comply with federal, state, and local regulations. • Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff. • Prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations, or grant proposals to solicit program funding. • Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.

• Supervisory responsibilities included collaborating with teachers to monitor and improve the teaching and learning process, leading improvement initiatives involving the use of data, the use of technology in instruction, and formative assessment and initiating other improvements focused on service learning, school activities, and support of the STEM program • Develops, plans, coordinates, and evaluates assigned STEM programs • Collaborate with research teams to develop and implement measurement tools for STEM program evaluation • Plan and coordinate logistics for a variety of STEM professional development, special events and community outreach activities • Enforce discipline and attendance rules and confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems. • Review and approve new programs, or recommend modifications to existing programs, submitting program proposals for school board approval as necessary.

• Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives. • Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and utilization, and to ensure that school activities comply with federal, state, and local regulations. • Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff. • Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements. • Review and approve new programs, or recommend modifications to existing programs, submitting program proposals for school board approval as necessary. • Develop partnerships with businesses, communities, and other organizations to help meet identified educational needs and to provide school-to-work programs. • Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff.

• Developed training program for STEM educators in many local school districts. • Developed, edited, and published training documents for professional development and coordinate and organize programs for staff development. • Assisted districts in aligning curriculum to state standards and grade level content expectations. • Planned and implemented staff development and organization improvement programs, encompassing needs analysis, program planning, and conducting training sessions. • Surveyed and met with staff/administrators to determine training needed.

• Orchestrate and manage several school-wide programs addressing issues of differentiated instruction, character education, and social-emotional learning including the STEM Leadership Enrichment Acceleration Program (LEAP) • Train and practice Critical Friends Group protocols defined by National School Reform Faculty. • Maintains and fosters partnerships with different organizations including, but not limited to, the Ohio STEM Learning, NASA, and Great Lakes Science Center • Conducts Professional Development on project-development, transdisciplinary learning, and STEM education for principals and teachers in Cleveland Metropolitan School District and surrounding schools.

• Developed new STEM focused English curriculum for project based school; selected materials, collaborated with other teachers, developed curriculum maps, test planning materials, and assessment guidelines. • Designed and managed innovative collaborative projects that included all subject areas, standards, benchmarks, and disciplines. • Assumed all responsibilities of regular classroom teacher including communicating with parents, assessing all students, designing curriculum and lessons, performing basic administrative duties such as recording attendance and organizing student portfolios. • Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers. • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences. • Design and manage innovative collaborative projects that include all subject areas, standards, benchmarks, and disciplines. • Take on other leadership positions within the school including Lead Teacher in absence of administration, Technology Team Leader, Professional Development Team member, and Data Team member.

• School appointed Data Specialist, collecting, analyzing and distributing student data • School appointed Testing Coordinator responsible for all grade level testing and modifications • Develop and implement daily and unit lesson plans for 7th grade, administered testing, tracked and analyzed class performance. • Develop excellent rapport with students through classroom experiences and a school-wide successful advisory program.

Catalog Copywriter • Worked with very strict deadlines to write and edit copy for several different catalogs. • Proofread and edited copy written by other catalog copywriters.

• Responsible for answering questions and resolving problems for policyholders • Provides customer service by solving problems and answering questions from policyholders, lien holders and additional insureds regarding coverages, rates and billing issues. • Process policy changes and transactions from existing policies and use computerized systems to track, gather information, and answer inquiries. • Fax policy information as requested, and stay abreast of changing procedures and processes.